SME Times News Bureau | 10 Oct, 2019
In line with schemes like Start-up India and Stand-up India
aimed at young entrepreneurs, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar will
launch the Yuva Sahakar-Cooperative Enterprise Support and Innovation Scheme
2019 with an annual outlay of Rs 100 crore.
The scheme is aimed at cooperatives in the northeastern region, cooperatives
registered and operating in aspirational districts as identified by NITI Aayog,
and cooperatives with 100 per cent women/SC/ST/persons with disability members.
The scheme will be launched at the first-ever India International Cooperatives
Trade Fair (IICTF) to be held here from October 11-13.
As 94 per cent of total farmers in India are members of at least one
cooperative institution, the IICTF is aimed at furthering the government's goal
of doubling farmers' income by promoting cooperative-to-cooperative trade
within India & abroad and promoting exports of key agriculture commodities
and products.
More than 120 Indian cooperatives and 35 countries from six continents having
purchased exhibition booths for participating in IICTF.
The fair is jointly organised by the NCDC in association with the Bangkok-based
international organisation NEDAC and leading organisations in India (NAFED,
APEDA, ITPO) with the support of Ministries of Agriculture & Farmers
Welfare, Commerce and Industry and External Affairs.